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Crni Vrh Observatory Images of Comet 1996 B2 Hyakutake

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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: April 17, 1996 19:16-19:58 UT

Images of April 17

First image is a wide-field mosaic image of comet Hyakutake, taken on 1996 Apr. 17, with the 2.8/180mm lens, CCD and narrow-band H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm). Two consecutive frames were taken between 19:30 and 19:43UT. Each frame was exposed for 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 7.1x2.2 deg.

Second image is a B-W negative of the previous image.

Third image is a wide-field image of comet Hyakutake dust tail, obtained on 1996 Apr. 17 with the 2.8/180mm lens, CCD and dust continuum filter, centered at 647nm (FWHM=10nm). Exposure time was 5 minutes, starting at 19:16UT. The frame field size is 3.8x2.5deg.

Fourth image is a wide-field image of comet Hyakutake, obtained on 1996 Apr. 17 with the 2.8/35mm lens, ST-6 CCD and V filter. Exposure time was 5 minutes, starting at 19:58UT. The frame field of view is 14x10deg.
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